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Village of the Damned

1995 · 98 min

A chilling, slow-burn horror where eerie children and small-town dread create a constant sense of unease.

Tagline
Beware the children.
Overview
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • fate
  • death
  • survival
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller, horror, science fiction
Directed by
John Carpenter
Written by
David Himmelstein
Starring
Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Paré, Meredith Salenger, Mark Hamill, Pippa Pearthree, Peter Jason
Music
John Carpenter, Dave Davies
Cinematography
Gary B. Kibbe
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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